James O. Naifeh is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party from the State of Tennessee. He served as the Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 1991 to 2009,serving longer in that position than anyone else in Tennessee history.
Steve Godsey was the County Mayor of Sullivan County,Tennessee from 2006 until 2014 when Richard Venable was elected. He was also a former member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
Jerome Cochran is a Tennessee lawyer and Republican politician who served for two terms in the Tennessee House of Representatives. He was elected as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives to the 103rd and 104th General Assembly for the 4th District,which at the time encompassed the entirety of Carter County.
David Lee Davis is an American Republican politician from Tennessee and one-term member (2007–2009) of the United States House of Representatives and Tennessee House of Representatives. He represented Tennessee's 1st congressional district,located in the northeastern portion of the state and centered on the Tri-Cities area,but was narrowly defeated in the 2008 primary by Johnson City Mayor Phil Roe.
Ronald Lynn Ramsey is an American auctioneer,politician,and lobbyist,who served as the 49th lieutenant governor of Tennessee and speaker of the State Senate from 2007 to 2017. A Republican from Blountville in East Tennessee,Ramsey succeeded long-term Democratic Lieutenant Governor John S. Wilder in 2007,who had held the office of lieutenant governor since 1971.
Kevin Lundberg is an American businessman and former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado. Before his appointment to the State Senate in 2009 as a Republican,he was elected to serve as the Representative to House District 49 in the Colorado House of Representatives in 2003. He was appointed to the Colorado Senate in 2009,replacing Senator Steve Johnson after his resignation. He represented Senate District 15,which encompasses Berthoud,Estes Park,Laporte,Loveland,Red Feather Lakes and Wellington. In the 2015 legislative session he served as the Assistant Majority Leader for the Senate Republican caucus. From 2016 to early 2019,he served on the Joint Budget Committee and chaired the Senate Appropriations Committee.
Matthew Joseph Hill is an American talk show host,businessman,and politician who served as a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2005 to 2021. Hill briefly served as Deputy Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives under appointment by House Speaker Rep. Glen Casada.
Jon Lundberg is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee State Senate for the 4th district. He was first elected to the 105th Tennessee General Assembly (2007–2008). He serves as deputy speaker of the Senate and first vice chairman of the Education Committee,a member of the Finance and Judiciary Committee. In the House,he was chairman of the Civil Justice Committee,the Commerce Subcommittee,a member of the Civil Justice Subcommittee,a member of the Insurance and Banking Committee,and a member of the Calendar and Rules Committee. He also served in leadership as the Republican floor leader.
The Government of Tennessee is organized under the provisions of the 1870 Constitution of Tennessee,first adopted in 1796. As set forth by the state constitution,administrative influence in Tennessee is divided among three branches of government:executive,legislative,and judicial.
The Treasurer of Illinois is an elected official of the U.S. state of Illinois. The office was created by the Constitution of Illinois.
Beth Halteman Harwell is a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority and the former Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives. She served as State Representative for Nashville and is a former chair of the Tennessee Republican Party. First elected to the Tennessee House of Representatives in 1988,Harwell served as a Republican Minority Whip and Commerce Committee chair before being elected to the Speakership. She is the first woman to serve as Tennessee's Speaker of the House. In 2017,she announced her candidacy for governor of Tennessee in the 2018 election.
Tony Shipley is a former State Representative for the Tennessee House of Representatives 2nd District in Sullivan County.
Kent Williams was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives,first elected in 2006 to the Tennessee House of Representative as a Republican from the House District 4 (then entirely then Carter County in 2006 and subsequently reelected to the House in 2008.
Terri Lynn Weaver is an American politician who was a member of the Tennessee House of Representatives from 2009 to 2023. She represented the 40th district,which is composed of Smith,Trousdale,most of DeKalb,and part of Sumner counties.
Scotty Campbell is an American politician and professional wrestling promoter. He was a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives for the 3rd district,encompassing Mountain City,Johnson County,and parts of Sullivan County.
Susan M. Lynn is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives representing District 57 since January 8,2013. Lynn served from January 2003 until November 2010. In 2012 Lynn was re-elected to the Tennessee House.
Timothy Aaron Hill is an American politician and a Republican member of the Tennessee House of Representatives.
David H. Lillard Jr. is an American lawyer,politician and government official. A Republican,he serves as the state treasurer for the state of Tennessee.
The 2020 United States House of Representatives elections in Tennessee was held on November 3,2020,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Tennessee,one from each of the state's nine congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2020 U.S. presidential election,as well as other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the United States Senate,and various state and local elections.
The Comptroller of the Treasury of Tennessee is an office established by Chapter 12 of the Public Acts of 1835-36 of Tennessee's General Assembly. Later,in 1870,the position of Comptroller became mandatory by the state constitution. The office has 12 divisions and employs over 560 people. The office's mission to the make government work better. The current Comptroller of the Treasury is Jason Mumpower.
